Guard kjr drain-tile terminals



c. E. H. JUEL. GUARD FOR DRAIN TILE TERMINALS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR I5- l9l9- Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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CARL E. H. J UEL, OF PARKERSBURG, IOWA.

GUARD FOR DRAIN-TILE TERMINALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919.

Application filed March 15, 1919. Serial No. 282,912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. H. JUEL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Parkersburg, Butler county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Drain- Tile Terminals, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in guards for drain-tile terminals, and the object of my improvement is to provide simple and inexpensive means for adjustingly and releasably fastening a grating over an end of a line of pipe, such as drain-tile sections.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of draintile, with a grating supported over an end thereof by means of my improved releasable fastening device; Fig. 2 is a plan view of said drain-tile grating and its fastening means, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of said drain-tile and of the grating as releasably secured thereover.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The grating to be secured over the terminal end of the drain-tile 10 is composed of a plurality of spaced parallel vertical rods 8 which may be of varying lengths or otherwise, but may be a meshed structure of any suitable kind.

The rods 8 composing said grating, are supported upon the end of the tile 10 by the following described clamping devices:

The numerals 1 and 2' denote spaced parallel horizontal bars of like form. The rods 8 are passed through orifices in the lower bar 2 and fitted tightly and fixedly therein, The upper bar 1 has orifices 4 of slightly larger diameter than said rods 8 to receive said rods slidingly.

The opposite extremities of both the bars 1 and 2 are bent in like manner to one side horizontally to be positioned along the cy- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for lindrical outer surface of the drain-tile 10, but the extremities 9 of each bar are spaced apart a distance somewhat less than the outer diameter of the tile so that when they are in the positions shown, their inner edges contact wlth the tile. The ends 9 of the upper bar 1 are orificed to receive the bolts 3 secured by nuts 5, the bolts being of the carriage bolt type, having squared shanks removably seated in rectangular notches 7 in the underlying ends 9 of the lower bar 2.

It will be seen, that when the grating is positioned across the open end of the draintile 10, the respective bent ends 9 of said bars 1 and 2 grip the outer cylindrical surface of the tile between them on both sides of the diameter of the tile, and since the interspace of said bent ends is less than the diameter of the tile, said bars may be compressively engaged with the tile by means of said bolts.

Said grating is both easily seated and removed, and serves a purpose of keeping out small animals or fowl, the wash of soil, stones, leaves, or other obstructions.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a pipe, of a grating positioned across an open end thereof, a pair of clamping members, one fixed to and the other movably connected to said grating, said members adapted to adjustingly grip spaced parts of the pipe on 0pposite sides, and means for releasably fastening said clamping-members together.

2. The combination with a pipe, of a grating positioned across an open end thereof, a pair of parallel bars, supported one fixedly and the other slidingly on said grating, said bars having their opposite ends bent to be positioned on opposite sides of said pipe, and engaged with spaced parts thereof, and fastening-means mounted adjustingly and removably on said bars to secure them on said pipe.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 27th day of Feb., 1919.

CARL E. H. JUEL. 

